Set of manifolding-sheets.



| A. WERNERY.

SET OF MANIFOLDING SHEETS. 7

APPLICATION FILED NOV.9. 19m.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

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LESTER A. "WERNER-Y, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB TO UNDERWOOD TYPE-WRITER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N.

Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

Application filed November To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, LESTER A. WnRNERY,a citizen of the United States, residing inBrooklyn borough, in the county of Kings, city and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sets ofManifolding-Sheets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to manifolding, particularly where one of theworksheets is to be used as a statement or periodical bill, and anotheris to be used as a ledger sheet or leaf, or where for any other purposesuperposed work-sheets are to be typewritten in a predeterminedrelation.

It has been the practice to keep the statement and ledger leaf togetherduring the month or other period which is to be covered by thestatement; and each time that a fresh item is to be inserted in thestatement, to place the ledger leaf first in the typewriting machine andlocate it accurately by means of perforations in the sides of the sheetwhich are impaled upon registering or collating pins upon thetypewriting machine then the v carbon sheet is placed upon the ledgersheet, and finally the statement sheet, (also. perforated), is likewiseimpaled upon the reg1sthe position of the statement tering pins;

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sheet upon the ledger leaf that the next line of writing upon the ledgerleaf may fold just last line typed thereon.

This necessitates the printing of many indicating lines and numbers uponthe workor all of the sheets of excess width, particularly thestatebelow the ments, which'it is desirable to make narrow,

but which it is foundnecessary to make as wide as the ledger leaves, inorder to accommodate the side perforations. When the sheets are removedfrom the typewriting machine, their relative location is lost, so thattime is consumed in repositioning them in the machine for the typing ofthe next item, at a later date. If it should be attempted to use clipsto aid in keeping the statement sheet and ledger leaf together while outof, use, it would be found inconvenient, because'of the clips, tore-insert the ledger leaf in the loose-leaf ledger back, and to bind theleaf in place; moreover the clips would not pass readily through therolls of the typewriting machine, rendering the Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

9, 1917. Serial No. 201,088.

sheets liable to injury and relative displacement. Thenecessity ofequipping the typewriting machine with impaling pins for registering thesheets is a further expense and ob ection. Moreover, in many instances,where a customer has been accustomed to using unperforated work-sheetsaccording to old methods, he usually has a large stock of such sheets,and it is found difficult to arrange for a re-stocking with perforatedsheets, and hence diflicult to induce him to adopt typewriting methodsfor bookkeeping purposes. In addition, it is found in practice diflicultor impossible to manufacture the sheets with the perforations madetherein with sufficient accuracy.

The principal objects of my invention are to avoid the labor ofcollating the sheets in.

the typewriting machine, and the expense and waste of punching thesheets for collating purposes and of the machine equipping withcollating pins, and to avoid the necessity of using extra wide statementsheets,

leaf having a statement attached to the face thereofaccording to myinvention, said statement being attached to the bottom portion of theledger leaf, the upper portion whereof has been filledwith lines ofitems duplicated from a previously written statement.

Fig. 4; is a sectional view to show the relation of the statement,ledger leaf and interposed carbon; the heading of the statement beingfolded under, and the carbon lying against the face of the ledger leafthroughout.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but showing the parts in therelation seen at Fig. 3; the lower portion of the statement being alsofolded up under the body of the same,

"with other leaves in the for convenience in binding the leaf in the upto disclose the gum upon a portion of the under face thereof. 7

In carrying out my invention, I employ a ledger leaf or sheet 10 ofusual form, but preferably omitting the side margin perforations, aswell as the usual lines and numbers as sociated with said perforations;said sheet having the usual means 10Kfor b inding purposes. The invoiceor statement sheet 11 may be much narrower than the ledger sheet, whichis anadvantage, because it may be so narrow as not to receive thereonthe typed amount of the old balance, which typewritten upon the ledgersheet; and it may also be so narrow as not to receive the number folioand other data which are not necessary or not desired upon a statementor invoice. Moreover the reduction in width decreases the cost.

Upon the statement I place preferablynat each side a projecting tongue12, which has upon its under face a gum or adhesive material 13, so thatthe tongues may be moistened and gummed directly upon the faceof theledger leaf, as shown, thereby securing the statement sheet thereto, sothat their relation is fixed for all typewriting purposes, F

regardless of the length periods during which the sheets are keptattached together, and regardless of the number of items placed upon thestatement, or the number of times that the attached sheets areinsertedin the typewriting machine. Moreover, the attached sheets passreadily between the rolls of" the typewriting machine. V r 7 Where thestatement or invoice has a heading 14, the tongues may be placed at thesides of the sheet just below the heading, and the sheet may be foldedto bring the heading beneath the body of the sheet outof the way, Figs.1, 3, 4, 5. The statement sheet may have vertical rulings, dividing itinto columns to match columns upon the ledger of the period or leaf. Thecarbon sheet 15 may be inserted with its face next to the ledger leaf,and underlying all the typewriting field upon the statement sheet. Thecarbon may be removed after each entry is made upon the statement. Inthis manner, the statement and ledger sheets may be kept together andinserted into the typewriting machine and removed as many times aswithout the necessity of every time, thus effecting Moreover, the ledgerleaf s m n new be ead ly in erted and b n ledg r,

.ef the peri d fo may be required, re-collating' them a saving of time.

After the termina ion to the face of the ledger leaf, the corner of thetongue being turned therefrom by a line is usually 7 7 point down thewith its attached which the statement is written, orafter the statementis full, it may be detached by separating it from its tongues, which mayremain attached to the face of the-ledger sheet, as at 12 Where they areso small as to be inconspicuous and unobjectionable.

For convenience in detaching the invoice or 7 statement, the tongues maybe separated of perforations 16, .or other weakened line. Some of thecolumns on the ledger leaf are typed with items that do not appear uponthe statement; and it will be understood that some of thetypeimpressions may fall upon these tongues without objection, sincethey may remain permanently gummed to the ledger leaf.

During the next month or otherperiod, it 7 may be necessary to beginafresh statement for the same customer, at a point just below the entries17 .already -made upon the ledger leaf, and

ment to be attached to the ledger leaf at any page, and hence anydesired collation or registration of the two sheets may be secured. Incase, of the second or third statement for the same page of the ledger,it should be found that the statement should project at its bottombeyond the lo-wer'edgeof the ledger sheet, or beyond its lower marginline, the statement may be folded up at the bottom, as at 18, igs. 3 and5; the carbon 15,always remaining under the folded parts of thestatement.

It will be perceived that the ledger leaf with the statement attachedthereto may be inserted in the typewriting machine and ac curatelypositioned with reference to the printing line, by the use of aregistering table, illustrated in the McGormack Patent.

No. 829,989,, and that then the manipulation of the platen may proceedin the usual manner, so that the two sheets may be positioned even moreaccurately in the machine than has heretofore been the case Whereperforations and impaling pins hat e been resorted to, and without thetrouble, expense and delay arising from the use of perforations.

The tongues may be integral with the outer sheets, as at 12 Fig. 2,beingv formed by trimming away side portions of the sheet, the undersides of these tongues being gummed; or other integral tongues may beformed within the scope of the invention. In other views, the tonguesare shown as being formed separately .and attached to the Other forms ofthis may be done with fa- 'cility, because the tongues permit thestateduring the writing v used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination with a main sheet having a form printed thereon, ofan auxiliary sheet having a corresponding form printed thereon andprovided with projecting tongues, whereby it is secured upon the face ofthe main sheet with the forms registering, said projecting tongues beinggummed upon their under surfaces for attachment to the main sheet.

2. The combination with a main sheet having a form printed thereon, ofan auxiliary sheet having a corresponding form printed thereon andprovided with projecting tongues, whereby it is secured upon the face ofthe main sheet with the forms registering, said projecting tongueshaving weakened lines at their junctions with the auxiliary sheet, topermit the auxiliary sheet to be removed while the tongues remainpermanently upon the main sheet.

3. The combination with a ledger leaf Copies .of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the provided with bindingmeans, of a statement or invoice sheet of substantially less width thanthe ledger leaf, said statement provided with laterally projectingtongues whereby it is gummed upon the face of the ledger leaf, and saidtongues being separated by' weakened lines from the statement sheet.

4:. The combination with a ledger leaf provided with binding means andhaving a form printed thereon, of a statement or invoice sheet ofsubstantially less width than the ledger leaf and having a correspondingform printed thereon, said statement having a heading which is foldedunder, and also having laterally projecting tongues below said heading,whereby it is gummed upon the face of the ledger leaf.

LESTER A. WERNERY.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR A. J oHNsoN, CATHERINE A. NEWELL.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

